The next day, Qi Yu opened her eyes. After a whole night of cultivation, she had successfully entered the fourth level of Qi Refining. At this rate of cultivation, she estimated that she would graduate from the Spirit Academy soon.

She stretched. When she was cultivating, she would enter a mysterious state where she could hardly feel tired. However, after sitting all night, her body was still a little sore.

Fortunately, once the basic sword techniques were taught, they no longer needed to rush to the preaching hall for classes every morning.

Qi Yu was happy to be able to allocate her time freely.

She opened the door, and Gou Dan was already practicing his sword in the yard, with Zhu Yu standing beside him instructing him on his movements. The scene looked quite discordant.

Hearing the noise, Gou Dan put down his sword. "Sister, you're up."

Zhu Yu also greeted her warmly.

Qi Yu joined them and practiced swordsmanship together for a whole morning.

In the afternoon, Bai Shu taught alchemy. This time, he did not directly distribute materials to his disciples, but only explained some special pill-making techniques, and then let them make pills on their own.

Qi Yu rummaged through the medicinal materials in her storage bag and found that the silver hairpin she had thrown in the corner had inexplicably moved to the middle of the herbs.

Logically speaking, the space inside the storage bag should not change.

Qi Yu looked at the silver hairpin for a while, then put it back into the small wooden box containing the "Chaotic Spirit Body".

The materials she currently possesses can only be used to refine a fasting elixir.

Qi Yu doesn't consider herself a foodie, but she's heard that the Bigu Pills taste disgusting, so she'd rather eat than not eat.

However, I saw someone in the mission hall wanting to buy Bigu Pills before. It would be nice to refine them and exchange them for some contribution points.

This time, however, there was no fire talisman, so they had to start a fire themselves.

Qi Yu chose the same alchemy furnace as before.

She hesitated for a moment before summoning the spiritual fire within her body. The flame was somewhat weak, perhaps because Feng Xiao was asleep, and looked as if it could be extinguished with a single breath.

The effect of refining pills with spiritual fire is definitely better than the fire of the Fire-Inducing Technique, but it is unknown whether this ferocious spiritual fire will directly "eat" the pill-refining furnace as well.

Qi Yu tentatively used his spiritual fire to approach a small, decorative protrusion on the right side of the alchemy furnace.

Two seconds later, the small corner melted with a "sizzle".

Qi Yu quickly put away the spirit fire, looking guiltily at the slightly damaged alchemy furnace.

My apologies, this should still be usable, right?

"Your fire..."

A voice suddenly came from behind, and Qi Yu jumped up in fright.

Bai Shu stood behind her, looking at her thoughtfully.

"Commander Bai... I'm sorry." Qi Yu decided to confess directly.

Bai Shu asked in confusion, "Sorry for what?"

Before Qi Yu could clearly state her crimes, he added, "Your fire is very strong; this alchemy furnace is too low-grade to withstand it."

With a wave of his hands, the alchemy furnace appeared on the ground.

Try mine.

Qi Yu blinked and asked, "Does that mean I should use your alchemy furnace to refine pills?"

Bai Shu nodded. "What do you want to refine?"

"A fasting pill." Qi Yu scratched his head.

She placed the materials into the alchemy furnace one by one in order, and then, under Bai Shu's watchful gaze, summoned the spiritual fire within her body.

"Is it really possible?" Bai Shu's alchemy furnace looks much more expensive than the alchemy furnace in the Spirit Academy. If it gets damaged, she probably couldn't afford to pay for it even if she sold it.

Bai Shu said, "It's alright, go ahead and release it. Even if it breaks, it'll only cost 100,000 mid-grade spirit stones."

Qi Yu's hand trembled slightly as he swiftly withdrew the spiritual fire.

Bai Shu added, "Just kidding, it won't hurt."

Qi Yu glanced at his expressionless face, unable to tell that he was joking at all.

She summoned the spiritual fire again and controlled it to float below the alchemy furnace.

The exquisitely crafted alchemy furnace shook violently twice before returning to calm.

"It's alright, it's alright." Qi Yu patted his chest.

The Bigu Pill is easier to refine than the Rejuvenation Pill, and the refining time is also very short. After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the alchemy furnace will show signs of success.

Qi Yu withdrew the spiritual fire, opened the furnace lid, and three strangely odorous pills floated out.

The smell is both pungent and somewhat fragrant, but the combination is hard to describe.

Bai Shu glanced at the fasting pill, slightly covered his nose, and said, "A sixth-grade fasting pill, it can keep you healthy for half a month."

Qi Yu noticed his disdain and smiled as she put the fasting pill into her storage bag.

"Thank you, Commander Bai."

The sixth-grade Bigu Pill is one grade higher than the seventh-grade Rejuvenation Pill from last time, so it should be worth a lot of contribution points.

The strange smell of the Bigu Pill disappeared, and Bai Shu lowered his hand from his nose, saying, "Your spiritual fire is too domineering. Although the pills you refine will be better, if you want to use your spiritual fire to refine pills, the grade of the alchemy furnace must be at least grade three or higher."

Qi Yu exclaimed "Ah!" A third-grade alchemy furnace must be extremely expensive; she didn't have that much money.

"If you want to refine pills, I can lend you this pill-refining furnace."

Qi Yu looked at Bai Shu in disbelief. "Really?"

"Of course it's true. You're a promising talent, and I hope you can become an excellent alchemist."

He handed the alchemy furnace to Qi Yu and said, "However, I'm tired of this alchemy furnace, so it's good to get a new one."

The alchemy furnace was heavy, and Qi Yu said respectfully with a serious expression, "Thank you, Master. I will work hard."

Bai Shu waved her hand, "It's just a loan to you, you have to pay it back, no need to be so touched."

Qi Yu: "..." As expected, she's a mood killer.

After putting the alchemy furnace into his storage bag, Qi Yu prepared to go to the mission hall to accept the mission of seeking the Bigu Pill.

Inside the mission hall, there was only one senior sister cultivating with her eyes closed. On the wall hung small plaques with mission requirements written on them, along with a paper butterfly attached. As long as a mission plaque was accepted, the paper butterfly would fly to notify the mission issuer.

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